Can't rename project key

[Yuliia Vyborova]

Hello! Our team used BUZOK project key in a team-managed project. We needed to migrate to company-managed type and I created a new company-managed project (I am Jira admin). Team wants to keep the same project key BUZOK in the new project so we renamed old deprecated project to [BUZOKOLD] and achieved it. When I try to rename the new project to BUZOK, error says 'Project '(Deprecated) Buzok' uses this project key'. What should I do to have old name back? (Deprecated) Buzok' project is archived, not deleted.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Hi Yuliia,

Project keys have to be unique - that's the whole point of having them.

Jira will not let you use previously used project keys because it needs to keep a record of any issues that have been moved out of an existing project.

The only way to reuse the project key will be to move your BUZOKOLD project back to BUZOK and then completely delete the BUZOK project.

[Aaron Pavez _ServiceRocket_]

Hi @Yuliia Vyborova 

• You won't be able to create a new project with the old project key. The old project key will only be available if you delete the project it was previously associated with.

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/edit-a-projects-details/

Hope that helps!

Regards

[Yuliia Vyborova]

got it, thanks @Aaron Pavez _ServiceRocket_ !

[Yuliia Vyborova]

@Aaron Pavez _ServiceRocket_ one more question - why BUZOK key still unavailable if the old project key was renamed to BUZOKOLD?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Because of what I said earlier.

[Aaron Pavez _ServiceRocket_]

Hi @Yuliia Vyborova 

As @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- mentioned, thats how it works.

Ill take @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- (tks nic!!) reply:

> The only way to reuse the project key will be to move your BUZOKOLD project back to BUZOK and then completely delete the BUZOK project.

That's also mentioned in the documentation.

Regards

Aaron